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throstle.

A song thrush.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈθɹɒsəl/
  1. A song thrush.

    archaic · dialectal
  2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

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